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Fold-up two-position rear view mirror for a vehicle

  • US 5,210,652 A
  • Filed: 04/28/1992
  • Issued: 05/11/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In combination with a motor vehicle an interior, electronically-operated, foldable, rear view mirror system located inside the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, the system comprised of:

  • a metal base having a first leg and a second leg, the first and the second legs generally perpendicular to one another;

    first attachment means for attaching the first leg of said metal base at or near the upper end of a windshield;

    a rotary-action solenoid with a rotating mounting plate thereon;

    second attachment means for attaching said rotary action solenoid to the second leg of said metal base;

    a mounting arm with a first end and a second end including means to attach at the first end thereof said mounting arm to the mounting plate of said solenoid;

    a rotatable joint attached to the second end of said mounting arm;

    a mirror housing for attachment to said rotatable joint;

    a mirror dimensioned to engage said housing; and

    a headliner having walls defining a storage pocket dimensioned to receive said mirror housing;

    wherein said solenoid maintains said mirror in a normally stowed position with said mirror against a headliner of the interior of the vehicle and when activated rotates said mirror to a down or use position the rotation of said mirror being in an arc, the plane of which is parallel to a plane bisecting the motor vehicle laterally.

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